[The clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of alcoholism patients who have committed illegal acts].

Clinical and statistical surveys of 330 patients with alcoholism who made illegal acts when they were alcohol-intoxicated have revealed that there is a relationship of the frequency and degree of illegal acts with clinical progressive features of a diseases and sociodemographic characteristics of patients and defined organizational measures for their prevention. The most severe illegal acts are made by patients with Stage II alcoholism with a progressive course and a short disease duration. The changed pattern of intoxication with its involvement into the clinical picture of epileptoidicity phenomena increases risks for them to make illegal acts. There is a relationship between the making criminogenic acts by alcoholics and their age, education level, social activity, and marital status. A risk group as to illegal acts has been identified among alcoholic patients.